Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-05

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a. he pointed 10 a stake marking the sp11
where ATmistead fell, = There died a br"e
and gallant soldier lie should have non
Umont." "Yeg," replied Mr.. b1ehr:
Tut II we offered 10 build Que Coioo.l
Bachelor would not allow u 70 60 10
Tho gentleman soon walked of. and iben
| MIR. Lochr discovered thai he had Deea
talking to Colonel Bicheldcr.
Colonel Aylclt IL grcat-grandson OF
/ Patrick Henry. and iDherifs his elcQheoce.
To-pllhi at ~ O'Clock sharp all The visit
! ing military met 10 the puzzle square or
! diamoud and painted the town red with
! ~ sorts Of srcwOrks sent on from P1'li'
| dclEhia fct The ocras'on. To morrow tn
| B,ro ard he Gray will devote 10 gOlng over
The haiilc field.
TIC crowd bercto.day hes been vari0u'ly
csiGl1ted n from $1,000 10 10000 persons,
| 5O5 oi whom came from Billimorc ihis
| vofuirg. Calculating that each per>'n
averages On expenditure Of p u 80 mere
during tie "trip, Il leaves good suo o.
monty ~ The county The contrast be-
tween to-day aud ibis dag twentyioDr
years ago is great indeed. Handson@iy'
dressed ladies laughed a. they cime rom
church this morning, and said that twenty
four wears ago they and al the inhabitants
Of Gettysburg were hiding IN the cellars oi
heir houses.
The fact ihst Clevclspd's letter was
loudly applsuded lat night and little or no
notice taken Of Sherman's has been re-
ieiTed 10 on the streets to-day.
The SiXty-ninth Pennsylvania in the gar
den in tie rear OF their headquarters held a
campfire tonight, at which they are re.
ealing Pickett's men. Speeches, songs,
and anecdotes are In order COlOiel
Ayloit was FIRST called on for a speech. ana
the assemblaee refused to be satisfied until
he responded, saTiog those who were sDnf
out last night must hear his views. lie
proposed severe measures for the bloody.
shirt people. VITO would stir mp strife
again heiwccr the sections. and told side.
splitting snccdots which illustrated how
they should be puniSsed Applause. md
voices cried. My sentiments cxactlY.1
Major J. EdmondsOn, Of Halifax county,
Va, Of the Fourteenth VirginiI regiment,
made a ringing speech, and eDthu,cd the
crowd. This soldiers reunion is a genu.
ire thing, and the men are drawing closer
together ~ the Intercourse IL prolonged
The campfire will continue % late hour.
This evening It Is hard 10 tell which j.
the brigade and Which the Pickett diyi'
sion one man who was supposed to he
Philadelphia man csme down the street
With n Confederate badge and canieen
fastened on one side, blue badge on the
other, and a brigade hat sci sideways 90
bis bead.
Tonight some arc in really tentna on
the old campgrOund. on the SPOT where
they slept on their arms twcniy-fOur years
400. One hundred small and four hospit1l
tents have been put up az the clunD ut
L.. 1. ~ al,uit 10
bunk here tonight.
WHERE ARNIsTEAD FELL.
The dedication Of the monument OF
CoWan'~ Battery 4, Of New York, va,
marked by the most significant action Of
the dav. which prOmises TO end in very
short order the controversy over the loca-
ton Of the shaft TO mark the furthest al
vance made 10y Pickctrs men. That was
the rock, It VIII be remembered, upon
which tbrii-st arTas gene Mt for this rchliOn
split, the Gettysburg Memorial Association
refusing 10 allow Pickctt's division 10
place monument within the Union lines
Which for bliei moment they pcne'racd.
II WIS after the formal ceremonies OF the
Covau-Daiicry dedication were over that
This event occurred. General Burns, when
nearly ali the visitors bad departed, few re-
dolphil brigade and OF Pickctps division.
briefly address cd hi, fellow veterans. He
sid That now when all bid been together
T. valorous death Of Arml,teid had won
eulogv from both SIDES. lie, therefore,
proposed that Union men themselves erect
a monument 10 General Armi,tetd al the
spot where he fell within the Union lines.
General Burns offered resolution that The
monument he erected by the Philadelphia
brigade and COwan's battery, and tha,
Picket'~ division be invited TO IL, dcdica-
lion one year from to-day. The resolution
was UNANIMOUSLY adopted.
IT RECONSTRUCTED HIN.
The World special from Getty, says:
II was no wonder that to-day LOrtherncrs
and seuthcrDers joined hands and went
over the field as atfectiOnately as brothers.
History affords no spectacle TO parallel It.
The proceedings Of the last two days nave
most tItatify tcn1Cnt,d thc blnS &c ulitp"
between the sections. No one can apprc-
ciaic The situation unless he has been here
10 Wines IT,. Even so ir0u-bOund and
Tabid Il northern man A. eX Distrlc'-A't
rev Colonel Within Il. Mann gave WAY
completely. Colonel Mann opposed the
movement TO let the Pickctt-men place
monument to Armistead within the Federal
lines; hc shared General Farchild'S senii-
menls relative to the flag episode, but ll>t
uight's reception brought him round. This
4 what he said to the World correspond
d,nt
"This j. one Of The most enthusiastic,
remarkable, aud sincere demonstrations !
Lave ever seen. There is nothing in the
BOOKS like IT. | was an unrccon>iructcd
rulhGn man, but after all that | have
,Ccu and heard. particularly on the part OF
the southern men, am IN favor Gi lct'in&
them place their monument TO Armi'tead
wherever they p.casc-in Independence
square, Philadelphia, il they ask iOr IT,